Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Violet Ribbon
Neutralize a bold violet ink
Add dimension and realism by underpainting with Copic Markers! Use B32 underneath your R blending combination to cool off and beautifully desaturate the heat of your light red colors.
Vanilla Arts Company teaches Online Workshops and Livestream Coloring Challenges using the underpainting method. Students learn to layer colors realistically rather than blend.
Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.
Violet Ribbon
Elena’s Advice:
It feels odd to underpaint with yellow but honestly, it works.
On the CMY color wheel, yellow is a complement to very cool blue-violet. They're opposites.
If you try to underpaint with a bright or pale yellow, it won't work because the yellow ink is a very wimpy color. However, Y28 is a very potent yellow and has the muscle to stand up to a bossy violet
It may scare you at first, don’t worry! Remember, use a good coat of the second (V09), third (V17), and forth (V15) markers to deepen your violet. And always give the Copic ink time to blend.
I recommend that you swatch colors before coloring your image. It’s a great warm up for your coloring session and builds your coloring confidence.
Violet Workshops
Vanilla Arts Company - Tulips & Ribbon
Vanilla Arts Company - Jellybeans
Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes
Further Reading:
Color Palettes : A Beginners Guide to Coloring With Sophistication
Depth & Dimension : Why Pretty Copic Markers Make Your Coloring Look Flat
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Elena Cazares is a Vanilla Arts student and a budding online instructor with beautiful sense of color and style. She is a hurricane of positive creative energy.
Elena runs CraftsForPaws.com, a 501(c)(3) non profit animal rescue. C4P’s donates 100% of their profits to rescue and care for worst-case stray dogs and cats in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
Shop to benefit Crafts for Paws at their sister site - Violeta Ink. Join Elena’s Copic Coloring Club here for online class announcements and catch her YouTube cardmaking series here.